For over 25 years, SpecialChem's focus was to create the largest Raw Material Master Database to help adhesives and sealants formulators find the right additives for their projects.
Every day, formulators rely on our Adhesives Ingredient Platform to find the right materials. With over 30,000 ingredients from more than 1,000 suppliers available in our Selector, it's a go-to master catalog for the industry. In 2024 alone, our users conducted over 500,000 material searches. We've analyzed this data to identify the most popular material categories. Explore our latest rankings to discover current industry trends.
Top 25 adhesives additives
- Tackifiers +1
- Crosslinking, Curing, Vulcanizing Agents -1
- Fillers, Extenders +2
- Rheology Modifiers, Viscosity Modifiers, Thickeners
- Adhesion Promoters -2
- Plasticizers
- Solvents
- Preservatives, Biocides, Fungicides
- Defoamers, Anti-foaming Agents
- Catalysts, Accelerators, Initiators
- Surfactants
- Wetting Agents
- Dispersing Agents
- Waxes and Paraffins +1
- Antioxidants -1
- Reactive Diluents
- Light Stabilizers, UV Absorbers +4
- Photoinitiators -1
- Flame Retardants, Fire Retardants
- Oils -2
- Pigments +1
- Toughening Agents +29
- Release Agents -3
- Moisture Scavengers -1
- Anti-static Agents
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Top 20 adhesives polymers
- Polyurethanes
- Acrylics & Acrylic Copolymers
- Epoxies (EP)
- Synthetic Rubbers
- Natural-based Polymers
- Styrene Block Copolymers, SBC (SBS, SEBS, SEPS, SIS)
- Silyl-modified Polymers (SMP)
- Polyolefins
- Ethylene Co-terpolymers - Solids (EVA, EMA) +1
- Silicones (Si) +2
- Polyvinyl Acetate Emulsions & Derivatives (PVAc) -2
- Styrene Copolymers (SBR …) +1
- Ethylene Co-terpolymers - Emulsions (VAE, EVC) -2
- Aminoplastes & Phenoplastes (UF, MUF)
- Polychlorovinyls (PVC, PVDC)
- Polyesters
- Polyvinyl Alcohols (PVOH)
- Polyamides (PA)
- Natural rubbers (NR)
- Polysulfides
Top 10 adhesives monomers
- Polyols
- Acrylates & Methacrylates Monomers
- Diols
- Isocyanates
- Acrylates & Methacrylates Oligomers
- Triols
- Epoxidized Monomers +8
- Monoacids +1
- Vinylics +2
- Diacids -3
